Okay. Again, to be clear, this is not going to set an acceptable percentage by the government that a licensee would have to comply with. You understand the wording of this. It's not as if we're telling all 1,600 licensees that if more than 10% of baggage is lost, there will be sanctions, or there will be fallout effects, or there will be some kind of penalty. We're not saying anything of the kind.
We're saying Canadians, travelling passengers, and consumers might benefit from knowing how many on-time arrivals there were under a particular licensee. How many bags were lost under a particular licensee? How many oversold flights were there under a particular licensee?
I would think the travel industry would want to know that, whether or not it recommends a preferred carrier. I would think the airlines would wish this, because I think it would actually drive up the kind of reporting that makes them more efficient and more competitive in a globalized industry.
We have a minister pushing for open skies. It's a wonderful initiative that was launched by our government and it's being expanded. We're going to see more and more competition in this regard.
The thinking is that stepping off a bus in any city in this country, the average Canadian who has saved for several years to go on a trip across the country or somewhere else might want to know where some of these statistics lie. That's the simplicity of them.
Mr. Chair, it's not as if we're asking the government to set any standards at all. We're saying we'd like to know on behalf of Canadians. If they want to go to a website, they can double-click and find out. If the travel industry wishes to do so, it can find out. If lenders want to know, they can find out. If insurance companies want to know, they can find out.
I think it would enhance the transparency of the whole industry. Surely the government can't be opposed to transparency in this regard.